Stephen Woods

Social Sciences Librarian Specializing in Data and Government Information
Librarian

Department Address

E208 Paterno Library
140 Curtin Road
University Park, PA 16802-1809
Office Phone
814-865-0665
sjw31@psu.edu

Academic Support Areas

Department of Sociology and Crime, Law and Justice

Research Interests

My research and other professional interests tie together three trends in academic libraries: growing use by social scientists of government and archival statistical data; increased use of information technologies as a medium for delivering government information; and effective design of instruction for teaching and training.

Subject Expertise

  • Applied Demography
  • Community and Economic Development
  • Criminal Justice
  • Political Science
  • Public Policy
  • Sociology

Publications

Supporting doctoral research in sociology in the BTAA: a multi-institutional examination and comparison of core journal usage and holdings, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2025

Government document citations in top nursing journals: A bibliometric analysis, Health Information and Libraries Journal, 2024

A Programmatic Approach to Journal Use and Citation Analysis, Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2024

Exploring journal use in graduate research in the sociology of religion: informing collections, instruction, and reference, ATLA Summary of Proceedings, 2023

Incorporating Gray Literature in an Evidence-Based Nursing Curriculum: A How-To Guide, Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023

Evidence-Based Nursing and Gray Literature: Implications for Nursing Education, Portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2023

Comparison of Journal Usage in Rural Sociology Dissertations Using Text Analysis and CD Rank, Serials Review, 2023

Dissertations and Theses in Top Nursing Publications: A Bibliometric Study Stephen Woods, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2020

Grey literature citations in top nursing journals: A bibliometric study, Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 2020

Discovering library user attitudes through the public understanding of science survey, Science and Technology Libraries, 2013

Evaluating population estimates in the United States: Counting the population between the censuses, Government Information Quarterly, 2009

Public Opinion Poll Question Databases: An Evaluation, Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2007

Evaluating public opinion polls: Designing a model for library instruction, Reference Services Review, 2006

Choosing the right approach: Three models for teaching government information sources, Research Strategies, 2005

Choosing the Right Approach: Three Models for Teaching Government Information Sources., Research Strategies, 2004

Other Publications

Magazine/Trade Publications

From the Chair: Some last thoughts on leadership, tradition and change, Documents to the People, 2016

GODORT’s Future: Developing an Approach for Implementation, Documents to the People, 2016

From the Chair: who do we think we are?, Documents to the People, 2015

From the Chair: GODORT looking under the hood, Documents to the People, 2015

Counting health, health care and disease in the United States, Documents to the People, 2012

Counting Death and Disease: International Classification of Death and Diseases, Documents to the People, 2011

Making the Current Population Survey work for you, Documents to the People (DTTP), 2011

Canadian Census: Voluntary Manslaughter and Politics, Documents to the People (DTTP), 2010

Internet Technology and Data Access: Further Reflections in 2010, Documents to the People (DTTP), 2010

What Everyone Should Know about ILO Statistics., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2009

Public Policy, Social Surveys, and the National Science Foundation., Documents to the People (DTTP, 2008

What Everyone Should Know about OECD Statistics., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2008

Survey of International Criminal Justice Statistics., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2007

300 Million and Growing: Celebrating Birth Statistics in the United States., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2007

Education Statistics: Census of Educational Institutions., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2006

Justice Statistics from Different Perspectives., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2006

Women Worker Series and the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Where have all the women gone?, Documents to the People (DTTP), 2005

Exit Polls: Votes You Can Count On?, Documents to the People (DTTP), 2005

Primed and Ready for the Economic Census., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2004

Comparing Apples & Oranges: Statistics Overtime., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2004

Internet Technology and Data Access., Documents to the People (DTTP), 2003

Idaho Librarians’ Role in Census Redistricting: The 2001-2 Redistricting Project and How Librarians Made a Difference., Idaho Librarian, 2003

Others

A Bibliography for Workplace Morale, Burn Out and Toxic Leadership in Library Environments: Mitigation Methods and Wellness, 2020